Working Papers
The UniGR-CBS Working Paper series publishes the theoretical/conceptual and empirical results of border research, as well as making them accessible to the scientific community. The intention is to make the border studies more visible and to support the exchange between border researchers inside and outside the Greater Region. Please contact borderstudies@uni.lu for any publication inquiries.
Working Paper Vol. 13: La segmentation linguistique de l'emploi au Luxembourg étudiée à travers les offres d'emploi (1984-2019) Rapport de synthèse
Based on a sample of job advertisements published in the main Luxembourgish daily newspaper (Luxemburger Wort) covering the period 1984-2019, this study describes the development of language skills required on the Luxembourg job market. After a brief presentation of the linguistic situation and the labor market in Luxembourg, the statistical analysis of a sample of some 8,340 job…
LangueLuxembourgmultilinguismeoffres de travailemploisegmentation linguistique
Working Paper Vol. 12: Grenzregionen in Zeiten der Covid-19-Pandemie – eine Analyse der Berichterstatung der Saarbrücker Zeitung im Frühjahr 2020
The year 2020 challenged and put into question seeming certainties. The nation states responded to the spread of the coronavirus with varying restrictions of freedom(s), as well as temporary reintroduction of border controls or closures. 35 years after the signing of the Schengen Agreement, the issue of internal border controls within the EU resurfaced – with varying effects on border regions…
Grenze GrenzschließungenGroßregionGrenzkontrolleCOVID-19
Working Paper Vol. 11: Distribution spatiale de l’emploi et des modes de transport des travailleurs actifs au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg - Analyse des données de l’enquête Luxmobil 2017
Analysing the database of the Luxmobil 2017 survey, this article presents the main outcomes concerning the spatial distributions of employment and modal choices related to commuting of both resident and cross-border workers within the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. This analysis highlights the significant disparities regarding these distributions, the predominant car dependency…
TransportmobilitéLuxembourg Verkehrcross-border commuterstransit-oriented developmentemploi
Working Paper Vol. 10: Corona-Zeiten, Corona Räume: Alltägliche Raumkonstruktion vor dem Hintergrund der Eindämmung der Covid-19-Pandemie im Saarland
As a reaction to the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, many people all over the world were confronted with a rupture of social and spatial routines. In Germany, the state governments took a leading role trying to contain the further spread of the pandemic by issuing ordinances and regulations. In this context, the way how laws and rules pervade places of everyday life…
COVID-19RestriktionenSaarlandMachtAlltägliche Raumkonstruktionlegale Geographie
UniGR-CBS Working Paper Vol. 9: « Faire comme là-bas ? » Tentative de transposition en contexte français d’un modèle suisse de logement d’utilité publique
Cross-border regions are often laboratories for the circulation of ideas and practices. This article asks whether, in Greater Geneva region, it is possible to transpose…
Région transfrontalièreGrand Genèvelogement coopératiftransposition de modèlesdifférences contextuelles